Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-11
LOCAL BREvITIES.


| fraternal visit last evening from Sumner
Post, No. 3.
The Sacramento river was falling again
yesterday, and at dusk had receded to ID
| feet 10 inches.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Devin, of Gait.
will give masquerade ball at Gait on
Tuesday evening, the Odd instant.
The Prison Committee of the Assembly
went up to the Folsom Prison on Wednes
day evening, and returned yesterday after
noon.
The steamer San Joaquin, No. 3, arrived
from the upper Sacramento yesterday with
wood, and the San joaquin, No. 4, cleared
for San Francisco.
Detective William E. Hickey, and his
brother, James Hickey, went to San Fran
cisco yesterday afternoon to visit their
father, who is very dangerously ill.
There will be social at Calvary Baptist
Church, l street. between Twelfth and
Thirteenth, this evening at 7:30. Musical
and literary exercises and refreshments.
The only arrests made yesterday were
those of J. J. King and Fred Johnson, by
local officer Armstrong, for being drunk
and Maud Wilson, by officer Mccormack,
for exhibiting.
An Unknown" responds to ] .Lindburg's
published challenge to wreste Greco
Roman match, accepting it. and proposes
to arrange preliminaries at Tom Norton's,
Fourth and ] streets.
The Western Pacific train that arrived
here at 2:30 P. NJ. yesterday did not bring
any passengers or mail from the south, but
a special train arrived about two hours
afterwards which had made the connection
at Lathrop.
Officer Mccormack arrested on Wednes-
day man named George Weston, who is
wanted at Marysville on a charge of felony
embezzlement. Sheriff Inflow has sent
word that he will come down after him
this morning.
Charles S. Warner, who went to San
Francisco to sell some horses, and was not
heard from for so long a time that his
family became anxious about him. and
feared that he bad met with foul play, has
turned up all right.
A social will be given by the ladies ofthe
Congregational Church in the church par
lors this evening, and ladies and gentlemen
who have attended those previously given
will not need to be assured that the enter
tainment will be very enjoyable.
The funeral of Captain S. S. Baldwin
took place from Firemen's Hall yesterday
afternoon, under the auspices of the Ex-
empts and the Veterans of the Mexican
War. The fire bell tolled while the pro-
cession was en- route to the cemetery.
The Board of Supervisors went out to the
hospital yesterday to examine the pump
and other water-works apparatus recently
placed in position there by NJ. r. Rose, and
for which bill, amounting to something
over SLIGO, has been presented to the
Board.
E. G. Beck commenced suit in the Supe-
rior Court yesterday, through his attorney,
R. T. Devlin, against the Johnston Brandy
and Wine Manufacturing Company for the
sum of 81, 466 80, and interest, being the
amount of claims of John H. Carroll and
James I. Felter, which he purchased some
time since.
The Woodland Democrat of Wednesday
says: " We were shown to-day huge bone
somewhat resembling the thigh bone of a
giant OK. 1t was found by F. P. Hamilton
in slide from bluff on his ranch in Ca
pay valley. 1t is petrified, still showing
its bony structure perfectly. Its largest
circumference is % inches"
Yesterday Chairman Tebbeis, of the
Board of Supervisors, drew the State Con-
troler's warrant in favor of the county for
So, 049 Sc, money due for the care of aged
and INDECENT people. There is due from
the State, for the same service, about $4,000
more, which will doubtless soon be re-
ceived. This money goes into the county
hospital fund.
The Nevada Transcript says that J. H.
| Quatman, formerly engaged in business in
Sacramento as tailor. but who latterly has
been residing in Nevada City, left there two
| weeks ago to obtain orders from citizens of
the surrounding country, and has not since
been heard from. His employer and the
man he hired saddle-horse from are get
| ting nervous about him.
The snow-plow got the California and
Oregon Railroad track clear to Montague,
the terminus of the road, Wednesday, and
the train that left Sacramento that day
went through, as. barring all unexpected
accidents, will all trains hereafter. AS the
accommodations for travellers are not ex-
actly complete at Montague just yet, the
California and Oregon stages connect with
the trains at Gazelle, twelve or fifteen miles
this side.
George Van Kleek, who was arrested
a few months ago for obtaining money by
| false pretenses from several citizens but
was released and sent back to his home in
| the East on his fathers forwarding money
| here to pay his Indebtedness and his fare
overland, is again in trouble, having re-
| turned to Sacramento and, falling into his
old tricks, obtained money by false pre-
lenses from Mrs. F. c. Knauer, in conse-
quence of which officer Leavy arrested
| him.
Freeport Lodge, No 261, l. o. G. T., has
elected the following officers for the quarter
commencing February list: n. D. Hack,
C. T.; Miss n. NJ. Bayles, Y. T.; j. II.
Beach, R. s.. f. W. Kiitlan, T.. Miss f. NJ.
Beach, F. s.; f. N. Kirtlan, NJ. Miss D..
Myers, G.: C. Greer, S.; Mrs. H. C. Frick,
R. s.. II. c. Prick, L. S. The Lodge con-
templates giving an entertainment some
time during this month, in which the
drama entitled, Little Brown Jug" will
be produced, the proceeds to go for the ben
eft of the Good Templars' Home for
| Orphans, situated at Vallejo.
There have been filed in the office of the
Secretary of State articles of incorporation
of the Gold and Silver King Mining Com
pany, having for its object the purchase
and development of gold and silver mines
| in the State of California. The place where
| the principal business OF the corporation is
| to be transacted is Sacramento. The Dl-
rectors appointed for the first year are J. 2.
Young and r. E. Young, whose residences
are at California Gulch, Mariposa county !;
H. II. Snow, T. d. Manson and D. 5.
Thompson, whose residences are in Sacra-
mento. The amount of the capital stock
is $40, 000,0 600, divided into 100000 shares.